AFP destroys enemy weapons recovered during Marawi siege

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday witnessed the Armed Forces of the Philippines' demilitarization of enemy weapons seized in Marawi City.

Using road roller vehicles, the AFP destroyed representative units of the 652 captured, confiscated, surrendered, and recovered enemy weapons that consisted of heavy machine gun, light machine gun, squad automatic weapon, rifle propelled grenade launcher, sniper rifles, M16 rifles, shotgun and airgun.

Pres. Duterte to witness the demilitarization of captured, confiscated, surrendered, and recovered enemy weapons during Marawi siege pic.twitter.com/2J06sA5S5f

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"The weapons were destroyed to ensure that these can be rendered ineffective for use as a component or a complete firearm," the Army Chief Public Affairs said in a press release.

Pres. Duterte inspects the enemy firearms seized during Marawi crisis pic.twitter.com/O3omUNyIpb

— Trisha Macas (@trishamacas) December 13, 2017

AFP said all destroyed firearms would be burned at a later date. —KG, GMA News